A new Swedish reference for total and prepubertal height.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

We aimed to develop up-to-date references with standard deviation scores (SDS) for prepubertal and total height.

Methods

Longitudinal length/height measures from 1572 healthy children (51.5% boys) born at term in 1989-1991 to non-smoking mothers and Nordic parents were obtained from the GrowUp 1990 Gothenburg cohort. A total height SDS reference from birth to adult height was constructed from Quadratic-Exponential-Pubertal-Stop (QEPS) function estimated heights based on individual growth curves. A prepubertal height SDS reference, showing growth trajectory in the absence of puberty, was constructed using the QE functions.

Results

The total height reference showed taller prepubertal mean heights (for boys 1-2 cm; for girls 0.5-1.0 cm) with a narrower normal within 

SUBMITTER: Albertsson-Wikland K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7154623 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature